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... those can win the wall . Iliad , xii . 505 . Another from Milton labours under the fame defect . Speaking of the fallen angels searching for mines of gold : A numerous brigade haften'd : as when bands Of pioneers with fpade and pick ...
... those can win the wall . Iliad , xii . 505 . Another from Milton labours under the fame defect . Speaking of the fallen angels searching for mines of gold : A numerous brigade haften'd : as when bands Of pioneers with fpade and pick ...
Page 100
... those formerly handled , as depend- ing on a different principle . Giddy brink , jovial wine , daring wound , are examples of this figure . Here are expreffions that cer- tainly import not the ordinary relation of an adjective to its ...
... those formerly handled , as depend- ing on a different principle . Giddy brink , jovial wine , daring wound , are examples of this figure . Here are expreffions that cer- tainly import not the ordinary relation of an adjective to its ...
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... those of the first kind concern the conftruction of a meta- phor or allegory , and ascertain what are perfect and what are faulty : those of the other kind concern the propriety or impro- priety of introduction , in what circumstances ...
... those of the first kind concern the conftruction of a meta- phor or allegory , and ascertain what are perfect and what are faulty : those of the other kind concern the propriety or impro- priety of introduction , in what circumstances ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word